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Sir Roy Gardner
Chairman
Appointed Chairman in July 2006 having been appointed to the Board as Senior Independent Director in October 2005. He is a senior advisor to Credit Suisse, a non-executive director of Willis Group Holdings Limited and Mainstream Renewable Power Limited, President of the Energy Institute, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Energy Futures Lab of Imperial College London, a member of the International Advisory Board of the IESE Business School at the University of Navarra, President of Carers UK, Chairman of the British Olympics Appeal Committee for the Beijing Games and Chairman of the Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network. He is a former Chief Executive of Centrica plc, Chairman of Manchester United plc, Finance Director of British Gas plc, Managing Director of GEC-Marconi Ltd and a Director of GEC plc and a former non-executive director of Laporte plc. Sir Roy is Chairman of the Nomination and Corporate Responsibility Committees and received his Knighthood in 2002 for services to the gas and electricity industries. |
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Richard Cousins
Group Chief Executive
Appointed to the Board in May 2006 and appointed Group Chief Executive in June 2006. He is a non-executive director of HBOS plc. Richard was until December 2005 Chief Executive Officer of BPB plc, having held a number of positions with that company since joining it in 1990 and is a former non-executive director of P&O. His earlier career was with Cadbury Schweppes plc and BTR plc. Richard is a member of the Corporate Responsibility and Executive Committees. |
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Andrew Martin
Group Finance Director
Appointed to the Board in March 2004. He was previously a partner with Arthur Andersen and held senior financial positions with Forte Plc and Granada Group PLC. Following the disposal of the Hotels Division in 2001, Andrew joined First Choice Holidays PLC as Finance Director. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Andrew is a member of the Corporate Responsibility and Executive Committees. |
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Gary Green
Group Managing Director – USA, Canada and Mexico
Appointed to the Board in January 2007. Joined the Group in 1986 in a senior finance role in the UK and became a UK director in 1992. Gary relocated to the USA in 1994 as Chief Finance Officer of the Group’s North American business and in 1999 became Chief Executive Officer. He is a chartered accountant and in 2001 received an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University in the USA. Gary is a member of the Executive Committee. |
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Sir James Crosby
Senior Independent Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in February 2007. He is a non-executive director of ITV plc and is Deputy Chairman of the Financial Services Authority and is a former Chief Executive of HBOS Plc. He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries. Sir James is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. |
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Sven Kado
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in April 2002. He is Chairman of Marsh & McLennan Holdings GmbH and was previously Chief Financial Officer of Nixdorf Computer AG, Chief Financial Officer of Dyckerhoff AG and senior advisor of Principal Finance Group/Nomura International. Sven is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. |
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Steve Lucas
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in July 2004. He is Finance Director of National Grid plc having been previously Executive Director, Finance of Lattice Group plc. He is a chartered accountant and has held a number senior finance positions with Shell International Petroleum Company and British Gas. More recently he was Treasurer at BG Group. Steve is Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Remuneration and Corporate Responsibility Committees. |
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Susan Murray
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in October 2007. She is non-executive Chairman of Farrow & Ball and a non-executive director of Enterprise Inns Plc, Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC and Imperial Tobacco PLC. She is a former non-executive director of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and SSL International PLC, a former Chief Executive of Littlewoods Stores Limited and former Worldwide President and Chief Executive of the Pierre Smirnoff Company, part of Diageo plc. Susan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a council member of the Advertising Standards Authority. |
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Sir Ian Robinson
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in December 2006. He is Chairman of Ladbrokes plc (formerly Hilton Group plc) and a non-executive director of Siemens Holdings plc. He is a former Chairman of Amey plc, Chief Executive of Scottish Power plc and non-executive director of ASDA plc, RMC plc and Scottish & Newcastle plc. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a member of the Takeover Panel. Sir Ian is a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees and received his Knighthood in 2000 for services to the electricity industry. |
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Mark White
General Counsel & Company Secretary
A solicitor who joined Compass Group on 1 June 2007. He is secretary to the Audit, Disclosure, General Business, Nomination and Remuneration Committees and is a member of the Corporate Responsibility and Executive Committees. He is also a Trustee of the Compass Pension Scheme. Mark was previously Group Company Secretary and Counsel of Wolseley plc and Company Secretary of Enterprise Oil plc and Rotork plc. |